Title
Amending Chapter 64 of the Legislative Code pertaining to zoning to allow businesses and institutions to place sandwich board signs on public sidewalks and boulevards in certain zoning districts.
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WHEREAS, Legislative Code §§ 64.502(b)(4), 64.503(c), 64.504(c), 64.505(c), and 64.506(c) correspondingly permit portable signs in the following zoning districts within the City: residential, traditional neighborhood, business, and industrial; and
WHEREAS, businesses and institutions within these zoning districts indicated a desire to place so-called “sandwich” board signs on public sidewalks and boulevards in order to direct people to a business or institution; and
WHEREAS, while the City Council (“Council”) supported this desire, placing signs in the public right-of-way, which is deemed to include public sidewalks and boulevards, is prohibited under Leg. Code § 64.401(i); and
WHEREAS, the Council, by resolution and pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 462.357, Subd.4, therefore requested the planning commission (“commission”) to study potential amendments to the zoning code to allow placement of sandwich board signs on public sidewalks and boulevards and to obtain from the commission a report and recommendation for potential amendments to the zoning code based upon the said study; and
WHEREAS, the planning commission subsequently studied the matter, prepared a report containing an analysis and recommendations regarding the Council’s request and delivered the same to the Council; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minn. Stat. 462.357, Subd.3, the Council duly conducted a public hearing on the commission’s said report and recommendations where all persons interested were afforded an opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, based upon the report of the commission, a copy of which is included herein by reference, and all the records and testimony received at the public hearing, all of which together shall constitute the record of the Council’s rationale to amend t...
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